Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT

Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate was the Roman Prefect of Judea during the reign of Emperor Tiberius and is most...

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The Battle of Crécy

The English won a decisive battlefield victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred...

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Iran & Israel: From Allies to Enemies

On the 1st of April, 2024, a presumed Israeli airstrike destroyed the Iranian consulate in...

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The Battle of El-Alamein Explained

Fought in the second half of 1942, the Battles of El Alamein were a series of climactic...

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Mao's China, The Berlin Wall and WWII Egypt: Witnessing History with Peter Snow

As a foreign correspondent for ITN in the 70s, Peter Snow remembers handing tins of film to...

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The Trial of Charles I

In the mid-17th century, King Charles I of England was put on trial for treason against the...

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What is Zionism?

Dan delves into the complex history of Zionism, exploring its multifaceted origins and the...

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Plagues

From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out...

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Hollywood Spy: The British WW1 Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbour

Frederick Rutland was one of Britain's finest naval pilots and a celebrated hero of the First...

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HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Join Dan as he narrates the harrowing story of the HMS Wager and its crew's descent into mutiny...

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Nazis, the CIA & Psychedelics

This is the untold story of how Nazi experiments with psychedelics influenced CIA research and...

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The Mary Celeste: Ghost Ship

In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew...

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Kensington Palace: Serving the Royal Court

Kensington Palace was the centre of court life in 18th-century Britain. It was the principal...

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George Washington

As Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was a central feature of the...

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The Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved?

What happened to the pioneering pilot, Amelia Earhart? In 1937, while attempting to...

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2. The British Empire: The Raj and Indian Independence

This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history...

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1. The British Empire: Mughals & the East India Company

This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history...

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D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze

On 23 June 1972, a man boarded American Airlines Flight 119 in St Louis. He sat most of the way...

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The English Navigator Who Became a Samurai

In the year 1600, a bedraggled English sailor and his sick and dying crewmates anchored off the...

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Atlantis

The fictional island of Atlantis has intrigued and eluded us for millennia. First mentioned in...

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